noun:

• cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering

noun:

• price of a flower
• fee for a geisha's companionship

noun:

• wander; walking for pleasure ➜ 遊行【ゆぎょう】

~する noun:

• to gad around; to walk aimlessly ➜ うかれ歩く

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a name for oneself; to achieve success

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make an appeal for contributions; to collect donations

noun:

• convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)

noun / ~の noun:

• same cloth; spare cloth (e.g. for patching)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to become famous; to make a name for oneself

noun:

• wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet ➜ 木偶の坊【でくのぼう】
• blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool ➜ 木偶の坊【でくのぼう】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a burden; to make trouble for someone

noun:

• Karnaugh map; Karnaugh diagram (for mapping Boolean expressions)

conjunction:

• now; at this time
• as such; for this reason; hence

expression:

• to be a burden; to make trouble for someone - humble language ➜ 手数をかける

expression:

• even; for starters
• so; therefore - emphatic form of から
• judging from; based on
• since; from

noun:

• listeners' corner (portion of radio programming for correspondence from listeners) - from 普通のお便り

noun:

• COMMAND.COM (default operating system shell for DOS operating systems) - IT term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to mistake (A for B); to misread - みまごう does not conjugate

expression:

• be careful about fire; watch out for fire - idiom

noun:

• pre-paid card for purchasing books; Tosho card - replaced the 図書券 ca 1990 ➜ 図書券

noun:

• revisit rate (e.g. for WWW sites); visitor retention rate

noun:

• traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples - because the Japanese hot spring symbol looks like an upside-down jellyfish ➜ 連れ込み宿・温泉マーク

noun:

• Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata) ➜ 七夕

noun:

• friendly-greeting campaign; campaign for people to exchange greetings

noun:

• gagaku training place (Heian era) ➜ 雅楽【ががく】
• place for playing instruments

noun:

• launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.); launching site